..We suggest that early recognition of disease and early intervention with B-cell depletion therapy in addition to a traditional cytotoxic agent should be considered in pediatric patients with SLE and occlusive retinopathy...

Brief report: incidence of selected opportunistic infections among children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

..To characterize disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) use for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in the United States and to determine patient factors associated with medication use...

Rates of hospitalized bacterial infection associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and its treatment

Variation in the initial treatment of knee monoarthritis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a survey of pediatric rheumatologists in the United States and Canada

Timothy BeukelmanDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology and Division of General Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAJ Rheumatol 34:1918-24. 2007

..To determine the demographics of subtalar arthritis, the response to intraarticular corticosteroid injection, and the injection complication rate in a clinic sample of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)...

Edward M BehrensDepartments of Pathology and Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4318, USAJ Rheumatol 34:1133-8. 2007

..Accordingly, many patients with SJIA may have evidence of mild MAS that is not appreciated clinically. We investigated the prevalence of occult MAS in children with SJIA by reviewing bone marrow aspirates (BMA)...